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n't have the faith to
claim it yet, just leave it alone. Never argue against the
word of God. Even if you don't understand, say like
Mary, “Be it unto me according to your word.” It is
safer that way.
Just Say Amen
Our expectations must be built on the word of God.
If the Word says, “With long life...
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do things for Him a fraction
as much as He regards those who take His word so
seriously that they will risk their lives and
everything for it. They will risk everything for the
integrity of His word.
We are so eager to do for Him, but He is saying,
“Entrust your life to Me. Risk everything on my
fa...
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WHAT IS THE FAITH?
not be a place of judgment but the throne of grace
and mercy. There you will obtain mercy and find
divine assistance, that is grace, in the time of need.
Peace In The Higher Planes
As a believer in Christ Jesus, you do not practice
meditation for decades to a ain inner peace; you...
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e promises of God in our lives.
The interesting thing is that there is no part of our
lives that He didn't think of ahead. David was
amazed when God helped him to understand this
mystery just a li le.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can't even count them;
...
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f the works
I have done, the prayers I have prayed or the seeds I
have sown. Christ is the source of my blessings.
All the promises of God that are in the word of God
are mine because I am in Christ.
For all of God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ
with a resounding "Yes!" And through Christ...
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the shelf; we start to claim
money, health, protection, etc. But there are words
we were supposed to be obeying even when we do
not have any immediate need. This oversight is
why faith is often weak.
The word of blessings is just one aspect of the whole
of the word of God. The word of God has sever...
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not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat
or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you
will put on. Ma 6:25
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!
Phil 4:4
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your req...
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spiritual blessing in the
heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even
before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in
Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. Eph 1:3-4
NLT
The faith teaches me that my Lord Jesus has paid
for everything. All the promises of God are mine i...
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gnize that you are the provider. I recognize that
this good thing has not come to me by any strength
resident in myself. All the good that I experience
are manifestations of Your goodness towards me.”
When doors open for you, recognize that it is God.
No man should be able to take glory in your lif...
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been concerned for me, but you didn't have
the chance to help me.”* It was the concern that was
their motivation. They were intent on being a
blessing to the man; they were not looking for a
miracle.
Many times we try to learn faith for receiving when
what we should be learning is righteousness. An...
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n you make conclusions
without giving the promise and person of God the
pre-eminence in the midst of all the evidence before
you. It is when you believe what the doctors say but
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not what the word of God says. It is when you
believe what the news reports say and that
determine...
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to the point of shedding blood in
your striving against sin. Heb 12:4
We must be ready to speak in accordance with the
*Rom 1:27; Lev 18:22
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word of God until we enter into the grave. It is not
about our experiences; it is about speaking on...
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be about the
man Jesus, Son of God, who was born of a virgin,
who died on the cross, who was raised by God after
three days and three nights, and who is alive
forever. The same Jesus is coming again.
Many times, Christians put a cap on their
spirituality because they do not understand the
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he
final sacrifice for my sins.
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By this will we have been sanctified through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Heb 10:10
All Things Are Freely Mine
Many times you see Christians giving so that they
may get from God. The...
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of them in our lives, just as He
did in the life of Abraham.
Declare with me: I am a demonstration of the
faithfulness of God. My life shows forth His righteousness
and His faithfulness. Hallelujah!
All Expectations
It is all our expectations that we are to build on the
word of God, not just thing...
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rinciple that governs
every activity we engage in, and for each part of life
we must seek it out; that is the practice of faith.
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3. Expectations for everything
crucial area where we also practice our
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only you can do that. I
want your life to be built up according to My promises,
according to My word. I want you to form your
expectations on the basis of My revelations to you. That
is what I want.”
How do we allow the plan of God become real? It is
simply by believing every word that we read from...
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d-centred faith is a constant lifestyle. Yes,
everyone has one form of faith or another, but
genuine faith is that which is placed in God and it is
characterized by constancy.
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Constant Faith and Every Word
One major reason why faith doesn't seem to work
for some of us is be...
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“those who
honour Me I will honour, and those who despise
Me will be lightly esteemed.” In summary, the
fulfilment of the promise of everlasting priesthood is
tied to the precept of honouring the Lord.
It is the duty of every child of God to search out the
precepts of God in every area of life. When...
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accuses you in judgment you will
condemn. Isa 54:17
For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I will extend prosperity
to you like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an
overflowing stream.” Isa 66:12*
We tend to know many promises and we try to
claim them by faith, and we should, but we must
not fo...
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n.
We understand that God is in charge, and that Jesus
is alive. We know that He is the one upholding all
things by the word of His power. We know that His
power is above all.
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We understand that His cross was necessary to
reconcile us to the Father, and that now that we
hav...
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essage about Christ, in all its richness, fill your
lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom
he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to
God with thankful hearts. Col 3:16 NLT
My child, pay a ention to what I say.
Listen carefully to my words.
Don't lose sight of them.
Let ...
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ow faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen… By faith
we understand… Heb 11:1, 3
The understanding you have of things around
produces certain expectations each time you face a
sit...
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ing holy things is a precept we walk by.
Showing mercy to the weak and patience with the
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ignorant; these are all precepts of God. *
The word of God is full of precepts, and the wise
will seek them out diligently so as to build the...
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of
many nations’. That was what the Lord made him.
Sarai had to learn to call herself Sarah for the same
reason.
How are you referring to yourself? Are you
speaking words of life, or words of defeat?
Say, in agreement with God, that you are forgiven.
Old things have passed away in your life. Say, ...
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rance of prosperity or security, but by the will
of God.
If you are changing location for the sake of
prosperity, you are saying that location is God.
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That would be idolatry.
There are many women who want to marry a rich
man so as to get out of poverty. They are saying a
h...
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scribed how to use your
imagination to bring things to pass, and there were
so many stories in the book to testify of the
effectiveness of the methods. It was all spiritualism.
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So, people put pictures on the wall and focus on it
until the things become real. They even learn ...
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TV broadcasts
and organizing teaching seminars in various
towns and cities.
The audio messages catalogue includes
hundreds of messages that are available on
the website and on portable digital media.
For more information and for free downloads
of audio messages, books and short sermons,
please vis...
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n, and faith in the business area is to
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search them out and operate in business according
to them. It is not just to claim business growth.
Another example is in marriage and the home.
Faith is not just to claim that we are believing God
...
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forces
of the spirit, but we must be deliberate in invoking
the power of God into situations by faith. Our faith
is to ascribe greatness to our Lord. We must bear in
mind that indeed, God is working.
And we know that God causes all things to work together
for good to those who love God, to those wh...
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ible spiritual truths
we are walking by. They are physical but they are
sacramental in that their relevance is of deep
spiritual significance. The two best examples are
baptism and the communion table.
Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the forgi...
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turn safely, it will mean that the Lord has
not spoken through me!" Then he added to those
standing around, "Everyone mark my words!"
1 Kgs 22:20, 28
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Chance is not God; it doesn't kill; it doesn't save; it
doesn't prosper people.
If you are runnin...
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distressed Abraham greatly because of his
son. Gen 21:11
It was not easy, but he had to let Ishmael go,
because every word had to be obeyed.
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Even though he had been anointed king, and the
incumbent king was chasing after him to kill him,
y...
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come we are
convinced of all these things?
…for we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Cor 5:7
Our faith shapes our expectation for life after this
one.
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4. The words we speak
hen training ourselves in faith, one of
the m...
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person seeking to walk by
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faith must deliberately hold this opinion.
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Prov 31:30
Charm, in this context, refers to all those natural
qualities that most people appreciate in a woma...
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ns to
have a change of heart, to desire to change direction
concerning one's way of living, and to therefore
turn from actions that displease God. That is what
you find in a heart that seeks after God.
John the Baptist came to Israel preaching a message
of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. He ...
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ver the physical in the area of finances
will fill your heart; it will do so in such a measure
that you will be convinced of the power of God to
control these things. That is when you can pray in
faith.
Story, Story
How is faith developed? It is to fill our heads and
thoughts with reports concerning t...
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be.
While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease. Gen 8:22
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The earth will not remain forever, but while it
remains, everything is in a perfect cycle. There a...
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ee, and then
proceeded to curse it.
He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!"
Mark 11:14
As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig
tree withered from the roots up. v20
He had spoken against the tree the previous day—I
assume that was in the afternoon. The next
morni...
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d on His promises. Abraham is our
father in the faith; we read of the Lord coming to
him again and again to give him promises: “I will
make your name great.” “Your descendants will
inherit this land.”
Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you
are, northward and southward and eastward ...
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t the instruction was not given primarily
because of oxen but because of ministers of the
gospel. The precept of God concerning caring for
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ministers of the gospel is to be learnt from there. So,
Paul said, “Let the one who is taught the ...
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the word of giving along with the word of
receiving.
It is the word of deliverance at the same time as the
word of dying for the faith.
It is the word of taking up as well as the word of
laying down .
We don't only receive things from the Lord but we
also lay down or forgo things because of Him. We...
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wants it. He desires it. He is in
need of someone who will trust Him absolutely.
Many of us are so concerned about “what can I do
for God?” when God is concerned about “who is
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there that trusts me so much that my word is final
with them?” He is not so concerned about our
offer...
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s Jesus went on from there,
two blind men followed
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knew many physicians and
spent all she had on them, but when she discovered
the Lord, she turned to Him and was healed. What I
want you to notice is the switch in the placement of
that woman's faith.
She started out thinking that the doctors could
help. It took her years, but she eventually
discove...
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e
the blessing is the reason for the repentance and the
good works, the spirit of faith is not supplied and
the people do not get anything.
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When John was calling, people repented because
their hearts smote them for their sins. The only
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FOR OUR FAITH
apart from the God who we know in the Lord Jesus,
is another god you have chosen.
…so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the
Lord is God; there is no one else. 1 Kgs 8:60
Chance is not God
Recently, the Spirit laid it upon my heart to explain
to the people of God that c...
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through His clothes to kill off any and every
ailment. That conviction was a result of the faith.
That is why the word of God says to us in Hebrews
11:1 that faith is the conviction of things not seen.
This woman was not trying to practice a religion. It
was not an a empt to do something out of the
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e meditate on your unfailing love
as we worship in your Temple.
As your name deserves, O God,
you will be praised to the ends of the earth.
Your strong right hand is filled with victory.
Ps 48:9-10 NLT
Meditate on Jesus
Stop meditating on troubles and failures. Many
people do not understand that the...
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a house in heaven, an eternal body
made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We
grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on
our heavenly bodies like new clothing. 2 Cor 5:1, 2 NLT
So we understand that this current flesh is not our
last chance at having a body and enjoying life....
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that I am looking out for
the power of God to heal HIV. I am a minister of the
gospel; I do not need anyone to reinforce the
natural pa ern for me. I already knew he was going
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to die unless something special happened, and he
followed that established natural pa ern. I need
t...
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with you’, ‘Have a safe
journey’, ‘Go and return safely’, ‘Have a fruitful
day’ and such. Those are words pleasing to God. I,
and the people around me too, have learnt to say
amen to these blessings.
Don’t Call Evil Good
Something that is quite common among young
people is to turn bad words into ‘c...
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of it. Many persons
needed to get Jesus’ a ention, but she didn’t need
to; her conviction was intense as a result of what she
had contemplated.
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Attend to His Stories
Many of us do not realize that the information we
pay a ention to is what det...
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de to partake of that ordinance of
baptism by immersion in water.
Communion
The communion table is another important
ordinance which the Lord commanded us to
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participate in.
For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to
you, that the Lord Jesus in the night ...
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process information with the word of
God as the basis of all conclusions. Everything is
interpreted with the foundation of the word. With
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this faith, we have true understanding. Any way we
process information that does not take the word ...
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f the
effect of the lack of preparation in the lives of some
of the people; Luke testified that, “the Pharisees and
the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not
having been baptized by John.”*
I believe that this woman whose faith we are
examining, the one with the issue of blood, being an
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in Christ there is no Jew or Gentile; all are one
in Him.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed
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yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free man, there...
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r the
Lord Jesus said we are to seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all other things
will be added to us. The love of righteousness is
what opens the heart for the spirit of faith.
On The 3rd Day, The Lord Will Come
There is this third-day principle in spiritual things
which we ...
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Whether we feel like it or not, and truly it is
sometimes hard to accept the temporary loss, we
have come to know and accept this truth.
Now, how do we approach our own death as
individual believers?
Apart from the fact that we know that death is only
a translation to another place, we also know t...
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d concerning in the New
testament.
And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some
people do, but encourage one another, especially now that
the day of his return is drawing near. Heb 10:25 NLT.
Physical gathering is important. Faith is sharpened
at such meetings and the right spirits shared....
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a verse from the
book of Proverbs:
Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows and death,
So is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says," Was I not joking?"
Prov 26:18-19
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Oh! God had something to say about that tradition;
He said we were acting like dangerous mad men.
...
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come flesh exactly as He planned it. It is in our
lives He wants to see His word manifested. We
have to put our faith in Him until we bring that joy
to Him. Who will love God enough to do that for
Him?
He is asking you and me today to make up our
minds to live a life based on His promises, and not
b...
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aith, as life is not
possible otherwise. The Bible calls their kind of
faith unbelief. Like I explained above, unbelief is
when you put your trust or faith in other things
apart from God and His word.
Let us take an example: There are all kinds of
illnesses and diseases out there. Let us consider a...
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have just
boarded. You simply get in and sit down, trusting
that the bus company and the government
regulators are doing their job of ensuring safety.
Faith is the way of life.
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The Object of Faith
Because faith is simply the way life is lived, what
we have to do once in a wh...
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e where her faith
was. Pursuit is a sign of faith. Now, money was no
longer the need, but the new faith must still have its
expression, this time in a different type of pursuit.
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Ge ing close to this man was not going to be easy.
She came in from behind — in the press. There w...
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e empowered to live above sin. It is
adding sin to sin to try to justify an evil deed simply
because you are guilty of it; you would by such
behaviour be moving yourself farther away from
deliverance.
The first Step to Deliverance
A while ago I saw a YouTube video of a Christian
singer who ‘came out...
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ve done that it was because he chose to
walk by faith.
…for he obtained the witness that before his being taken
up he was pleasing to God. And without faith it is
impossible to please Him… Heb 11:5-6
So, to walk by faith is a decision we make. It is like
giving our lives to Christ. Each person mus...
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ol-only category. The woman said she
thought about it and decided to go on a retreat to
see Jesus the healer. She abandoned the
prescription.
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The day she arrived at the retreat centre, she
a ended a service in the chapel there, and the
prea...
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Him. For example, at a time when some Pharisees
advised Him to run away because Herod wanted to
kill Him, His response was:
*Ps 139:16
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“Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and
perform cures today and tomorrow, and the thi...
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ousness or the will of God will be
dethroned by Him. Until then, we pray for all rulers
with thanksgiving.
*Ps 22:28, Dan 4:17
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eyond thanksgiving, a discipline required
for walking in faith is that every wor...
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Joseph’s brothers thought it was
his respect for their father that kept them safe. So,
after their father died, they sent a delegation to
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Joseph to tell him that their father had specifically
requested that he took no vengeance against t...
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that country put together are
God. But the Lord says, “I am God and there is none
else.” He said to Israel:
You shall have no other god besides me.
There are many things around pretending to be God.
What do we mean by God? Sometimes a god is
someone or something you bow to in worship, but it
is n...
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the term by following the way it is
used. The Bible teaches us however concerning
what type of faith we are to have, and where to
place our faith.
Now, let us try and describe what faith actually is.
Faith Everywhere
Faith is part of the structure of life. Faith is not a
special principle which is...
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ow common to most people, even the
minds of Christians have been shaped into thinking
everything about diseases is natural. This vast
amount of knowledge has greatly increased our
faith in physicians.
I have read people explain that in the days of old,
before the advancement of scientific knowledge,...
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pecially pleased with Him. What impressed God
about Abraham's action was the faith that was
portrayed. Please note this rendering of verse 1:
Some time later, God tested Abraham's faith.
Gen 22:1 NLT
It is so appropriately rendered. It was not a test of
love but a test of faith. God was not checki...
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ard but it didn't profit them
because the spirit of faith was not in them. God had
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withdrawn the spirit through the prophesying of
Isaiah.
It is important that I point out that God does not
give this spirit arbitrarily; it is supplied to...
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r expectation of you
must never be the basis of your decisions in life.
*Num 14:8, Gen 39:10, Est 4:16, Luk 12:33, Gen 14:22, 23
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here was a time God tested Abraham, and
Abraham passed the test so well that the...
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“you are
saying if I can? The problem is not if I can heal your
child but if you can believe!”
"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything
is possible if a person believes." Mark 9:23 NLT
The Lord had to make special intercession not
chronicled in the text to get the ma er solved. He
di...
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prophets explained to the people that their lives
were out of order because they had forsaken their
God. For the people of the covenant, that was the
place where faith started from.
Sometimes people argue that to be a Christian, faith
is all that God asks for and that repentance i...
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Jesus is a doctor. Because
of this, two women came to share their testimonies
with me after the service. One said that in her
family of four or five siblings and two parents, she
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was the only one not taking anti-hypertensive
drugs. She controlled her blood pressure with the
wo...
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Living a life that gladdens the heart of God
Pastor Bankie
Dr. Bankole Olusina, fondly called Pastor Bankie, is a
teacher of the Word of God. He teaches from the platform of
Kingdom-Word Ministries. The emphasis of his teachings is
the separation of th...
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dern ‘liberated’ woman may have
shouted. She only pointed out to Him that when
children eat, crumbs fall, and these are usually
thrown out for the dogs to consume. It therefore
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follows that since she was close enough, she could
take from the crumbs. Many of us overlook anoth...
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hey would see. But a closer
look will show that that was not what the Lord was
saying. His emphasis was rather on a particular
query. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” That
was the emphasis.
The faith that their healing was according to was not
about desire but about their reliance on His...
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f God lets me know that the
treatment is in feeding on the word of God. I just
feed on the word of God until I fully recover.
*Is 38:21 NLT
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Some of those times people have asked, “why don't
you take medicine?” I tell them I am taking
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Welcome to this time of Refreshing. This is a radio message that was put from the platform of Kingdom Word Ministries by Pastor Banki. Let's continue our discussion we've been having on the fruit of your life. Okay, quickly let's just read once again from the book of Romans chapter 12. We read that ...
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concluded on that matter of the first set of fruits, that is your personal life, there is fruit that God expects in the work that you do. We said your work is a ministry. It is not only church that is ministry for Christians. Everything that you are doing is a ministry. And God gave you life so that...
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We saw that he gave some as apostles, evangelists, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints so that they can all do the work of ministry. That everything we do is a ministry. He said in 2 Corinthians 5 verse 15, that one dies for all. that all those who live will n...
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I was trying to explain something that, you see, we have to know what God means by something if we're asking for it. And when I went into that, time ran out on me. When you're asking God for something, you must know exactly what he means. Are you getting my point? When you're asking for it, so that ...
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How I get money, that's the primary thing about it. A job is, if I don't get it, I'm dead. What is a job? That which I use to secure my children's future. I said something last time, that in the kingdom of God, things are different. God says, in the kingdom of God, all other things are added to you ...
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In fact, a lot of people, if you go to church and tell our pastor, Pastor Hafana, good afternoon, sir. I just want you to know that, thank God for me, amen? My uncle has just been appointed a special assistant to the president. Even the pastor will call Thanksgiving. Next Thanksgiving, he will give ...
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It's our duties. We go out, we establish righteousness. When we build our businesses, listen, there are little, little things people do in the market that they use to cheat people. When God gives you a shop in that market, it's not so that you think you will get money. If it's just money, He can, if...
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Do you understand my point? But people look for immediate gratification instead of going to God to say, where is it exactly that I'm strong? Where is it that my strength lies so that I can work there and become excellent? No, they don't. The question they ask themselves, ask their friends, and pray ...
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And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Notice this. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things. What it means by judgment is that the reward for the seed you are sowing now will come to you later. Remember we said that it is God that lifts people u...
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God will say, if that is your aim, if that is your desire, number one thing I will do for you, I will cause that thing that you have proposed in your heart to do to prosper. That is one. And I said to Solomon, number two, I will give you even the things you have not asked for. I will give you more w...
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Now, so when we say faith works through love, there's something I want you to understand. We said the previous times that God has called everybody into this life to be a blessing to his generation. What I'm sharing today is a vital key to success in life, in business, and especially in finances. Lis...
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He said that reasonable people expect to conform to the world, you understand? But unreasonable people expect the world to conform to them. But for that reason, progress is only dictated by unreasonable people. Do you understand what I'm trying to say? That is the man's start. What he's doing is not...
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It's not a matter of visibility. The issue is that most of those businesses are started primarily for making money. Interestingly, last week I was watching Pat Robertson on 700 Club. Somebody asked him a question. I didn't get the question but I got his answer. He said that you cannot just do a busi...
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I hope you are getting my point. But he discovered a source of blessing because he was going out to be a blessing to people's lives. Listen, most people that do things primarily for money are the ones that don't ever make money. But people who do things, who do it just to be able to help somebody el...
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Are you getting the point I'm trying to make? See, if you read from Psalm 103, I would like to read verses 17 and 18. David was making a statement there. He said, the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteousness unto children's children. He said,...
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Are you getting my point? But God said, what I want to do in your life is to bless you so much that you will become a blessing. That's why you see somebody like Confucius made a statement. He said, now, you know, Confucius, Confucius is the founder. You know, this is what they call Confucianism. He ...
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So if you are doing anything looking for how you can be a blessing, how you can impact other people's life, you can never feel in business. The Bible says that whatever is born of God overcomes the world. You understand that? In fact, when anybody works like this, what he finds is that the wealth th...
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Now let me summarize everything we have said today from the story of Solomon that we are all aware of. One night God came to Solomon in a dream and said, ask for anything and I will do it for you. And you can understand that when God makes a statement like that, it means everything that he's seen. T...
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki is teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose kingdom indeed reigns over all. Relax and listen and you will be blessed by this message. I know that His Word has been working in you and is transforming you. And ...
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Do you understand my point? We emphasized in previous times that you are not competing with anybody. You are competing only with yourself before God. And if God thinks, if God looks at you and says you are worthy of blessing, you are ready for blessing, he will pour it upon you. That is what God doe...
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It's an important key. I want to share it with us as a main message for today. And to explain that, I would like to read from Galatians chapter 5 verse 6. It said, For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything but faith walking through love. Now, before I explain that t...
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that is Isaac Newton will have fizzled into obscurity if he was a businessman. We would never have heard of Albert Einstein if the man decided that he was going to be a banker. Are you getting what I'm trying to say? What about our own Charles Soludu? If the man had decided that he wanted to be an e...
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Notice that I said God commanded the blessings. Blessings do not just move by chance. No, what happens is that God commands the blessing. If you read Psalm 133 in verse 3, it was talking about the deal of Haman coming down upon the mountains of Zion. It says, there God has commanded the blessing. Th...
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He said, no matter the amount of effort I put in, nothing seems to come forth out of it. And I looked at him and realized that this man indeed desires blessings from the bottom of his heart. But the problem is that he does not know exactly what to do to bring forth blessings. So I shared the word of...
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wake up in the morning and go about his business diligently, such a man should not expect to succeed. The Bible said that a little sleep, a little slumber, says so will your poverty come as an armed man. Now, I'm quoting these scriptures to let us know that I recognize that diligence is important an...
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Please write us using the address given at the end of today's broadcast, and we'll communicate with you what you need to do to be able to receive those messages. Now, in previous times, we have seen, using the Word of God as our reference, that success and failure are not determined by the environme...
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So let's continue from the book of Mark chapter 4. We start from verse 3, that's the parable talking about the man who went out to sow, he said, the sower went out to sow, and it came about when he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up, and other seed fell on the ro...
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because I've seen them one by one explaining principles of why they need repentance and all of that. The more he spoke against iniquity, the more they liked him. Bring him money. So one day he got tired. He said, all of you get away from this church. He drove. They couldn't understand the kind of hu...
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Please each person take that thing at this point now and begin to pray because there are two sides to it. There's one that pleases God and there's one that we displease him. That's the simple thing. When Christians are making decisions, those are the things they must understand. It is about pleasing...
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A man can come and testify about how God provided a fantastically big car for him and it's all a manifestation of his stubbornness and you don't know. Do you understand? And you that God has not yet given. Do you understand that you have not yet pressed the proper keys. That's what I'll be telling y...
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there are different qualities of hearts amongst those that believe. Are you getting the point? Let's not forget it. And what we have been saying is that what we should go for in life is the hundred fold. That is a maximum amount of blessing. All right, that God has for you in life. And when we say b...
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They harass God plenty. He said, you can divorce your wife. And when Jesus came, he said, in the beginning, it was not so. Are you getting what I'm saying? So what I do is that, even when I want to ask God for things, I use style to ask him first. I hope he's okay to ask around. I hope this is not c...
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because the time of their visitation came, they did not go into repentance. This is the point I'm making. All the while that John was baptizing, you see any miracle? Nothing. But they had to preserve justice and do righteousness because Jesus, the salvation of God, was about to come. I hope you are ...
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James said, if any man lacks wisdom, let him ask. Let him ask in faith. What is faith? Faith is just to understand that God is not doing to burn to burn concerning my case. God has a particular will. If I understand that, I'm asking in faith. He said, lead me in the path of righteousness for your ow...
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Whichever way you want to pray the prayer, you have to pray that prayer. And you see, it's an everyday thing. It never gets to a point where you say, now everything is okay. I said, if you ever get to that point, it's because there's a level of light you have not yet entered into. Once you enter int...
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And people say, is he a believer? But he's not very serious. Once you start hearing the girl tell you a man is not serious, it's a nice way of saying he's a sinner. What is the problem? All these other boys, they don't have anything. Of these five prospective babos, he's the only one that looks like...
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Thank you for my book said Lord. I'm praying. That's why I have come for this meeting. That's why I'm praying this prayer that my life will be an exact out playing of that which is written in your book. And that was why Jesus taught us to pray like this. He said, pray like this, that will be done on...
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You understand my point, the way we say church now. And people went and told John, ah, the man who trained in ministry here has built a bigger congregation than you. These people, look at them. John said, shh, close your mouth. Did I not tell you that he must increase and I must decrease? He said, a...
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And David said, I have been young, now I'm old. I have never seen the righteous forsaken, or his children beg bread. He wasn't blind, he wasn't stupid. He knew what he was seeing. A man who was truly righteous, David said, it never happened. Do we get the point? All right, so that's where we were. I...
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that I heard those stories so that I can help, they help me in what I'm trying to say. Because the world teaches us to make choices in such a manner that we get material blessing immediately. But Jesus said, the hundredfold blessing comes from the purification of our heart. As I said in verse 56, th...
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So let's use our confession first to declare that I am not my own. Everybody say it loud. Say I am not my own. I belong to God. Declare it loud. Say I am not my own. I belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. Say I have been bought by his precious blood. I am a born servant of Christ Jesus. I am a son that ...
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And he said, let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, that's where we're going, verse five. But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be...
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I said, the Lord is good. Therefore, let's just pray for a few minutes, alright? Based on what we have said. If you wish to, you can stand. If not, you can stay where you are. But I wanted to pray from the bottom of your heart concerning that one thing. First of all, let's give God thanks. Oh, it's ...
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That's the one I want to discuss. We're almost through with it anyway. I'm about to finish because I've said many things. That is the one. OK, what about when we get to a point? You know, because there are good things. The will of God is very simple. All right? Sorry, let me rewrite that. In a lot o...
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and keeps his hand from doing any evil. Let not the foreigner, who has joined himself with the Lord, say, The Lord will surely separate me from his people. Neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus says the Lord. to the eunuch who keeps my Sabbath and choose what pleases me. Are ...
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He said, I will destiny you for the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter. Because I called, but you did not answer. I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in my sight, and chose that in which I did not delight. Can you see that? I made a choice concerning something that God...
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If you regret, you are a sinner. Do you understand my point? You did not forsake him because you were hoping he would be poor. As a true believer, you forsook him because he was not the plan of God for your life. So now that we are rich, have you not become the plan of God for my life just because w...
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I've read the Bible from beginning to the end. That name Nigeria doesn't show up. Not to even talk about Abuja or Lagos. In all honesty, there are times when a man says marry me. Do I say yes or say no? It's a serious problem. Very serious problem. Let me say something before I go on. God has a will...
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Do you understand? So when he asked that question, that set us thinking. I said that, yes, indeed, God prepared such a great talent for this young man then. But I said the problem with God, in quotes, the problem, that's what the problem, that's the problem we have with him, is that he doesn't hurry...
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What is he going to find there? I don't know. But he said, it appears like God is leading me to go there. I always say, it's not only preachers that God leads. He leads businessmen also. Are you getting my point? Listen, if God opens your eyes like Joseph and you see the famine that is coming and ho...
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Eccl 12:13(King
James’ Version)
”My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His
work. John 4:34
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The thing worth pursuing in life is the will of God. Our satisfaction must
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d.
We are to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
We are to pursue the righteousness of God in our personal lives and the
Lord will provide all our needs.
We will not lack. It is a promise.
He will make all grace abound towards us so that we will have all
sufficiency in all things and ab...
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part of the body to fulfil a particular assignment in the army;
if He does not find fruit, that is a major problem.
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Many are pursuing things that the Lord did not create them to do, and
neglecting the things He crea...
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know God as you ought. You are not
yet spiritual until you reach a place where little or much mean the same
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to you.
…I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not
disturbed or disquieted) i...
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t thinking I was; he was just thinking of the allure of
the US for the average Nigerian. But it was not my calling.
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A brother told me that once he was trying to make a decision concerning
moving from one city to an...
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me our way.
Why? Does it mean we are to be gluttons for punishment? No; it is
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because we know that when our faith succeeds in facing such trials, then
we develop the necessary ...
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ts in the prosperity
of His servant. That is a fact. He does not enjoy making us suffer; He just
says love for Him must be first in our hearts before any other thing. He
will make sure we do not lack.
David discovered this and said, “…those who follow the Lord will not lack
any good thing.” If anyt...
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forfeit his soul? Mark
8:34-37
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Let us be ready to suffer for the sake of Christ and the call of God for our
lives.
For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ, not only by
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s things to enjoy, but these are not the primary things of
life at all. To be in the centre of the will, call and plan of God is more
important than having material comfort. The Lord Jesus did not shy
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away from the ...
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He is saying that we
must never place our comfort in life before the things that are more
important. Having said that, the truth is that He actually delights in the
prosperity of servants (Ps 35:27).
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ou see outside and
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which makes you think someone is enjoying, is all emptiness.
Vanity, or emptiness, is not a theological word; it is a real experience
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wn a house, a nice car or be able to travel all over the
world! So what is that compared with being imprisoned or beheaded for
the name of Christ that your brethren in the faith have suffered in times
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past and are s...
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Pastor Bankie
to the prophetic words, he would have the strength to succeed. This was
the same thing taught to Joshua. Let us see the application in the verses
below.
When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
prophesied to the Jews…, in the name of the God of Israel, who...
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ation will not at all be for
what we enjoyed but for how we served Him in righteousness and in
connection with the specific assignment He gave us. We have gifts that
He sent us to the world to deploy.
We are soldiers of Christ and we must live life like soldiers. We have
been sent into every field ...
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life for specific assignments. We
cannot do just anything and expect the Lord to be pleased with us. He is
concerned specifically about what He created us to be and the work He
said we should perform.
Paul was not an apostle because he loved apostleship. He was not an
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it means to take heed to your spirit. Once
we take heed to our spirits, that is to decide what is really pushing us,
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then recognizing the will and plan of God for our lives is a very easy thing.
We will walk into th...
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fellow realizes that this
life is being wasted away. The possessions have shown themselves to be
vanity after all. It is indeed a terrible experience.
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CHAPTER 11
Van...
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sts and
organizing teaching seminars in various towns and cities.
The audio messages digital catalogue includes hundreds of
messages which are available on the ministry website and
also on MP3 discs.
For more information and for free downloads of Pastor
Bankie’s audio messages, books and short ser...
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waited first to get the
fullness of his earthly career before answering the call to preach. I
thought to myself, “I sure hope this chap was not called for the ministry,
otherwise he waited too late.”
What are the first things you are doing before obeying the Lord? Let me
tell you, you cannot leave ...
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t (…and blessed quiet) for
your souls.
For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good –not harsh, hard, sharp, or
pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is
light… Matt 11:28-30 AMP
We are saved to be slaves of Christ, but if we do not serve Him willingly,
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ur positions in His army. The training is not a day’s job; it is actually a
very long process which requires patience and endurance. It is required
that we endure the training and be patient with Him.
The purpose of our lives is not to be blessed and to be able to enjoy the
things of this life. No;...
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do not be anxious for
your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your
body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the
body than clothing? Matt 6:24-26
Please notice that it was the need for assurance concerning how the
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ed in any special thing we do for Him; He is only concerned
that we follow His prescribed order or ordinance. That is a major reason
why Christians often have problems. Sometimes we think we are doing
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d never return. After her prayers he recovered rapidly and ended up
dying only after about 50 years later, having touched the body of Christ
worldwide and serving the purpose of God in his generation.
I have used this story to show that loving the world, and serving
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we can
endure hardship.
Callings and geography
Let me say something a lot of people do not realize. Calling is tied to
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geography. A Christian does not just move from one place to another
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Loving the world
Please let’s clarify something here which we often overlook as
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Christians. Loving the world is not fornication, adultery, murder and
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and then you will have success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and courageous! Josh 1:8-9
Just as it was for Joshua, the strength of the soldier of Christ comes from
feeding on the word of God.
The mistake we make often is that we think zeal and natural ability will
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w in Genesis chapter 49
about Issachar.
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He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens,
And became a slave at forced labor.
The very place people run to, away from the posting of the Lord, is the
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d here is “believes.” It is by faith that you enter into this experience. Faith means accepting what God says as final on any issue, disregarding the perception of your senses and the opinions of men.
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h and failure are no longer yours. The agony of death is ended. It means poverty has been set on the run; your life can now be long and full. Why? It is because you have been raised together with Him.
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is resurrection!
One more thing: there is a how to activating this power.
“The righteousness which is of faith speaks…, the word is near you, in your mouth…”
“…we also believe, therefore we speak.”
The power is switched on by the mouth. Your body, your situation, your life, your children, all mu...
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ou must strive to encounter. Paul said he was ready to let go of all his previous achievements. Why?
“…that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection…”
What is the power of His resurrection?
As I mentioned earlier, the resurrection of Jesus was inevitable and automatic when certain things...
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there is no remission…”
We see that Jesus came to obtain the remission of our sin; He did not commit any sin, God only made Him our sin sacrifice. He only became subject to death because of our sin.
Now, when He had made done His remission of sin, He was no longer subject to death, and it therefor...
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You don't need to return it to me. Since I have to give you back anyway, just hold it. So God, so it's very easy. Just tell the pastor, say, that five million, I don't pledge that. But I come to your principle. Let me hold this 5K. I put down for offering pastor. As God is multiplying, it is your ow...
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From now on, we recognize no one according to the flesh. Even though, even that Christ Jesus, we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him in this way no longer. This is all we know. If anyone is in Christ, he's a new creature. The old things passed away. Behold, new things have ...
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any door that it will open for you, I am not the one opening it. He gets to that particular point as a believer. And God says, don't draw back. Let me explain something to you. Like I said, there are two things I'm talking about today. One, counting your possessions. And two, living a life of what? ...
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There's no money. I know one thing about those things. They are spiritual. Yeah. The real substance that brings that money, you can't steal it from me. So if you take the outward manifestation, it will grow back. The root is there. You just chopped a branch. And sometimes I actually do this. Once in...
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see everything as a way of doing something. I remember when we talked spiritual economics. People say, save up for your future. You can put money inside a bank, sorry, a stock market. I said, I don't believe in this, put money inside stock market for the future. They wonder with the spiritual econom...
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All right, let's begin today. Like I mentioned, I will be concluding that teaching on the cross of Christ. Please, I'd like you to pay attention to everything that was said or that's still being said. One of the things I want to explain again today is that, okay, let me just start. It's already flow...
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So how are you doing with your business here? I'm trying to open a shop. I don't know. I'm just trying to. I say, OK, how much do you need to pay the rent? I say, $200,000. I say, OK, see me on Monday. I'll give it to you. Everybody will hail him. Hey, boy. You know that kind of, oh, no, there's not...
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How did I get into that? What was I talking about? I was talking about qualification. I didn't forget. So for me, that's how it is. I don't need to present to you my experience, where I was certified. Am I called to ministry? Take my book. Read it. If it blesses you, I was called to your ministry. A...
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a purpose-driven life. He made, I've forgotten how many, he sold, I think, 15 million copies. And he got a lot of money. And what did he do with the money? What he made a lot of money? He said, first thing, he ensured that he did not buy anything. No major purchases. No buy big thing, buy a Cadillac...
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is a very good friend, very good friend. I said, one day, whatever he's doing in the U.S., I'll probably buy a house close to his own so that my wife, my children can be going all the time. I said, even if I don't buy it then, anytime I want to come, we'll tell him to look for a house nearby so we'l...
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So that's always primary. It's always the first and every other thing follows behind. And I have discovered that it is wise for me to spend more energy on it. Do you know why? Every day, almost, I go to places. You have been a tremendous blessing. I listen to this message. Oh, it changed my life. My...
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as if that's supposed to give them spiritual validation. That is not working according to the principle of the cross of Christ. That's the point I'm making. It is not. It is not at all. So that's what the cross of Christ is. At that point, the natural person comes to an end. And Paul said, hencefort...
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He has every material thing. The other one does not have. I'm not telling you to be spiritual now. Say, no, me, this is don't matter to me. That's not what I'm talking about. Let it matter to you for a moment, all right? Just wait. But no matter how much it matters to you, it has no meaning. I don't...
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I'm going to find a place to start reading from. Let's have a rest then. He said, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, that is what he did in the flesh, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Therefore,...
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is not worthy of me. He said, therefore, this is a summary of it. This is what you are going to be experiencing. It's called your cross. He said, he who doesn't take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who has found his life, he says, will lose it. That is, he who compromises these th...
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What I tell you in darkness, what I say to you in secret, you declare it openly. And then in summary, we said that when you are doing these kind of things, you will make enemies. And when you make enemies like that, it is the will of God. If you make enemies because of what you are going to get, it'...
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That is a matter of fact. I'm assuming the principle that Christians, when we're talking about counting your possessions, it's very important. People often count their possessions the way the world does, and it is wrong. Let me say something to you. This life is temporal. Everything you see here, th...
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If you say you wanted to build a duplex in Independence layout, you have money to build 10 of it. That's really where the temptations come from in life. That's when you start asking yourself, what am I really living for? And let me tell you, the only reason why God does that is because somewhere aro...
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If you fully, you know what, I said, I explained something. He said, therefore do not fear them. I said, fear is the reason why people don't do the will of God. So when we fully understand that people say that, can you imagine a man, you did not own a house and you were on this earth, so what? It's ...
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You know, I like that name, Pastor Banki. I like it. It's a nice name. It even rhymes. Very funky. But why do I like it? Because it emphasizes the most important thing that I do in my life. That's why I like it, actually. That's what I'm talking about. Because I understand the scriptures, the word p...
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more it is easier for a camel to pass through the eyes of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. And the man wanted to understand what that meant. And I explained to him, and I'm going to talk about that again as we go on, that, you see, wealth as an example, all right? We're...
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You really hear it. What you hear most of the time is that, look, praise God. Yesterday, I sowed a seed. Today, it germinated. Obviously, that's not a seed. You'll see that germinating overnight. Which kind of magic is that one now? Jack and the beanstalk, yes. That's not Christianity. If you give, ...
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And for me, therefore, people say that, I've heard people say, how do you market your materials and all of that? I say, no, it's easier for me to put it on the website and you download it directly. Do you know why? How do I count whether I'm successful or I'm not? It is the number of people that dow...
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Saturday, yes, preach there, finish preaching there. No, I came here first, finished preaching. I finished on time and drove there because they said they will start a bit late. And preached, and Sunday morning I was there, in the evening they had a special program, I came. By the time I was, you kno...
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For you, it is a means of transportation in being more efficient in fulfilling the will of God for your life. Now, just to, I mean, I'm sure we already understand this, but let's just emphasize it. I told you, we drove in, I got down from the car, now, two minutes to five. I was supposed to start pr...
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This is what the world teaches us. The world doesn't understand anything beyond that which you can see on this earth. Is a man successful? Yes. How do you know? If you get to his village, he has a very big house. If you get to Lagos, he has a very big house. If you see two of his children, they are ...
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even though you don't even believe in buying that kind of car. But if the size of somebody else's car for you is a measure of success, you are worldly. How is your friend? Maybe I'm asking about your friend. He's doing well now. Maybe he's in ministry. He said, man, you are doing very well. They jus...
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to be purposeful, to understand where it is going, how it's going to help somebody. He said it takes a lot of energy. So that was why when he found out Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, they had started to do it. He said, good. This is one thing I don't know how to do, but they know how to do it. S...
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Paul said in verse 20, Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepa...
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Why? The Bible says that those who have no depth are the ones that respond quickly. Is there? Because they do not have depth, they quickly, you know, shoot out. And then after some time, when persecution comes, they fall away. Because life, difficult times will come in life, nobody can help that. Go...
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Some people say that it's a miracle of marriage. A man meets them today after a program, proposes to them, they agree tomorrow. I'm waiting for the testimony in two years' time. How can a man you are meeting for the first time? You do have a strong family structure that arranged the two of you. You ...
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That is, there is always something to do to increase your fruitfulness. And that's what the Bible's trying to teach us here. Fruitfulness can be increased. Now, let me say this to us again. You don't increase fruitfulness because you desire. What increases fruitfulness is pruning. It's not desire. I...
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I shouldn't even think about it, that you're just telling me that it's working. How much are we spending? We're not even thinking about it anymore. It is working. Please, I hope you are getting my point here. All right? So, we removed money from that place, the Ubuona, I was telling you about then, ...
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If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Abide in my love. The Lord is good. All right, let's o...
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All right, the Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. If you believe, give me an amen. Let's declare the word of understanding because we believe that God has heard us and is going to give us revelation and understanding today. 1, 2, let's go. Now I declare that the Lord has given me the spirit of w...
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So you must learn how to measure productivity. Ministry is not measured by how much cash is coming in. Are you getting my point? When Pascore came last week, he taught very powerfully. Those of us who attended the minister's meeting, he taught very, very powerfully. And I chatted with him yesterday ...
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I don't know whether I get my point. They encourage people who are downtrodden, those who are down. They bear good news in a funny way. They just walk in. By the time they are done, boom, you are suddenly lifted. Anytime they come, people are encouraged. Now, what am I saying? That's my own understa...
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If we perfect our work with Him, if He's able to remove, we allow Him to remove every hindrance, it is what He will produce. Not that which we proposed directly to produce, but that which He produces in us by virtue of the seed that is sown constantly. I hope I get my point. That's what predestinati...
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I hope you're getting my point here. Many things, when Jesus died, the sovereign will of God. He determined it by himself, you can't affect it. But there's what they call the command will. I like that. What is the command will? That is, now I want to give you my own definition. It is that which God ...
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We are not sure you are broadcasting us regularly. They said they are. We said we are not certain. How come we have never gotten a feedback? So the marketer told one man to call us. So one day, after the program, we got the phone call. And the guy said, OK, this is one of our new phone calls. It's t...
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Are you getting my point here? And listen, every business, you must know how you calculate your, what do you call it? Let me use the word productivity. Because you see, for example, in ministry, productivity is not measured by cash. Because I've seen churches that close branches because the return t...
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but I have not come in. It's called pruning. We have to rearrange the priorities. We have to show what is important. Sometimes you are doing a business. There are places, you have customers, but look at the effort. I don't know what I can give you as an example. You know Nigeria Breweries? There was...
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I didn't try this. No, no, no, no, it doesn't matter. You know the ministry can actually pay if you do it well. No, no, no, that's not the explanation you need. What I said simply is, what are we going to do therefore? I said, this is the reason why we were born. This is the reason why God did not, ...
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He had infective endocarditis. He started praying, God, why? Then suddenly God gave him a vision that when you go to a restaurant, you eat everything on the plate. Walk, walk, walk, buffet, chop this one, chop this one. God just look at it. Look at this foolish one. Is the kingdom of God now in food...
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Then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away. And others are the ones on whom the seed was sown among the thorns. These are the ones who have heard the word, but the worries of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things e...
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You know that? People say there are five-fold ministry. I don't believe in five-fold ministry. I believe in four-fold. I believe pastor, teacher is one. And I'm not the only one. Many people, and what's my reason? I give some as apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some as pastors and teachers...
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is a question people still ask once in a while, and sometimes you think you have already discussed it, but people probably don't understand you yet, or they didn't hear you completely, so it's important you go over these things again and again. Peter said, I will not neglect to remind you of these t...
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See, there are different ways God explains things to us. So I'm mixing about two of them together now. The branch, you understand, and then the shawl we read from Mark chapter four, all right? Now, so when God wants to improve productivity, he prunes. And what does that mean? He improves the fellow'...
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30, 60, 100 fold shows us also that we can get into different levels of the manifestation of God's destiny for our lives. And the extent to which you experience is determined, all right? The extent you will experience is determined by the extent that you obey the things that are commanded for you to...
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He came and gave me the testimony. I said, Father, this earth is really being filled with the knowledge of God as the water covers the seas. That is, for me, that is a measure of productivity. It's not bank account. Our account balance is just so that we can do what we have to do. So that's why you ...
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an obstacle, it removes a hindrance. It is the extent to which God can remove the hindrances in your life that your destiny can fully manifest. It's one of the command wheels of God. It does not happen automatically. It doesn't happen automatically. That is why when we are praying, say, God, not one...
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How much of good will come out of your life if you decide to face the direction of good? Is it 30, 60, or 100? It's not determined by the living things, the things that are not necessarily bad, that God is able to remove, that you are willing to submit for him to remove from your life. That's what d...
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So peace be upon the Israel of God. If you don't want to belong to the real Israel of God. Why did he say Israel of God? He said the one you are trying to belong to is not the Israel of God. A letter written like that is now today scripture. There are few letters he wrote that he felt was going to e...
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that you don't need anybody to talk to you. Your boss is about to invest this amount of money to train you. You know it is not so that you can retire. He's training you so that the company can move forward. And you know you are leaving in the next few months. Tell him, sir, it would not be right for...
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Do you follow my point? It's not pruning. It's something that appears alive, but it's taking more resources than it is contributing into the general well-being and productivity of the plant. I hope you're getting my point here. So 30-fold, 60-fold, what God is saying is that in that 30-fold individu...
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If your mother is disturbing you, don't worry. Let her greet your wife. Regularly send her money. So tell him, it's not his money I want. Finally, talk to her mom. You know the reason why I don't answer? You know, I like people like my wife and some people like that. They will tell you what's in the...
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Is this 7 or 9 or 11 children for him? I'm forgetting the number. I'm not joking. You think it's not Nigerians that have plenty of children? This was in Houston. And he left her to go and marry another woman. And they said, why? He said, God told him. God said to a married man to go and marry anothe...
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He wrote, under a number of circumstances, one to help friends solve problems, like the one to Philemon. It was because a slave that ran away gave his life to Christ. So he was sending him back. The one to the church, the book of Galatians, the church there, it wasn't trying to write, it was anger. ...
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Because God sent us not just to make money, but to make lives better. If I'm in an environment, you understand, at least be careful when you imbibe the principle of the world that measures everything in cash. There was a time one major, let me not mention names now, one major Indian company, their p...
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So sometimes I want to do things like that. Tell the Lord, let me do it myself, just wait. I will do it gently. I don't want you to go and squeeze it hard, it will not shout. Because pruning is with a sharp implement. It cuts off things that are still attached to you. It doesn't remove things that a...
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I found out something. Balance, as we say, is the key to life. One of the problems is that we don't know how to balance. When I was a young Christian, OK? Or let me put it like this. As I was growing, beginning to learn the word of faith, they gave us the impression that those who came before us did...
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which is the reason why he did not see Paul use the revelation he had to buy a fleet of ships and become a merchant. He didn't use that, even though the abundance of revelations that he had could have made that easily possible for him. That is why he did not see Jesus do it like that, because he had...
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Now, he said in verse seven, I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ, Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have discarded everything else, ...
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to coming out of the world and be separate. Let me tell you something quickly. You know, many of the things we are trying to achieve with all this, you know, running away from divine principles and following, that is, following the ways of the world instead of following the way of God, if only we wi...
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The way by which God merges the two is through his word. So if you say, my son, attend to my words, incline your ears to my saying, what is he trying to say? Take the physical senses you have and focus it on the word. What the word does is to come inside you and amplify your spiritual sense. That's ...
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I hope you're getting my point here. What am I talking about here? I'm explaining the issue that God has called us to a different life. I don't want to use the word lifestyle alone. A totally different life. The people that God called, he's called them for a different purpose. That's why I began thi...
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and my words abide in you. I hope you're getting my point here. You see, he was explaining to them, the way by which you abide in me is by my words abiding in you. The way by which you abide in me is by keeping my commandments. I'm looking for that scripture. He said, for my father is glorified in t...
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that is, other people go to Obatala, other people go to Miami Water, they go to shrines to go and get things done, then we feel very righteous in that we come to God through Christ Jesus, except that we don't realize that the difference between righteousness and holiness subsists. It's not just righ...
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So when I lie down at night, there was a time that I was so bothered about it, I went to ask for advice. How come I'm not sleeping when I'm supposed to sleep? This is, I don't care anymore. Once I lie down, sleep doesn't come, I've opened my phone. I have all kinds of messages. I just go, okay, let ...
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Well, now again, I incline my ears to his word. The word is entering my heart. It is giving me light and direction. It is healing me in every area. And it's making me more and more like the Lord Jesus. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. Amen. All right, the Lord is good. Let's take our seats and get...
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time we have left, and how much I have spoken, taking up quite a bit of time. I may have to leave this till next time. Now, I want to read from the New Living Translation so that we can get the sense very easily. It said, whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never g...
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Life is very spiritual. My friend was telling me the other day that his dad was very ill, alright? He's 80-something. He had pneumonia all over the lungs. Understand? And he was in hospital, and really, the man knew he was going to die. From what he even told me, that it's as if he felt people comin...
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That was not what Jesus died for. That is Christianity, not the way God made it. That is worldly Christianity. That is pure idolatry. But Jesus is the idol now. But we still worship him the same way we worship idols. We still give to him so he can give back to us. I keep on speaking against that thi...
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Everybody should magnify his office. What does it mean? I'm not saying I'm bigger than you, better than you. That is, let me do it and enjoy what I'm doing. Everybody, just do your own. Because sometimes we make that mistake. A man gives, gives, gives. You have to promote him so that he won't go awa...
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your doctrine is, if the scripture says something clearly against it, you've got to drop that doctrine. I hope you're getting my point here. And I can't imagine that Jesus Christ waste words. When he says, abide in me, what does that tell you? It is possible to drop out. So he was telling them, abid...
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Many of those confessions we make, they don't make any meaning. It's like trying to drive your car, and you say, this car, I drive you. I drive you. You go around, I drive the car. I drive the car. This car, you are going right now at 80 kilometers an hour, and you are going to stop when we get to t...
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So the church in Smyrna, he looked at and said, I know of your poverty. He said, but you are rich. So the one in Laodicea, they are the ones he told, you are poor, you are blind, you are miserable, you are wretched, and you are naked. Please, let's not confuse ourselves. So that guy is doing well no...
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forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God through Christ Jesus is calling us. Okay, I think I cannot stop that one there. Now, last meeting, what I explained to us in our series is about the fact t...
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You can be rich. You meet him. He collects everything. He says, sell everything. Give to the poor. Now you come and follow me. And you'll be following the man, the son of man that had nowhere to lay his heads. He will send you out on a mission. He said, when you get there, look for the house of one ...
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When you see the effort. One day a man died, had an accident and he died. I was talking with one man of God. He said, this is a problem. These church people are wicked. I said, ah, they're wicked. That the man did not have a decent car. If he had a good car now, at least when that accident happened,...
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I'm not the one that said it, it's your Bible. But he said it shouldn't happen to you. He said, when the branch is thrown away, it dries up, and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are born. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done ...
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That's why Paul said, I've learned how to abound. I've learned how to abase. Sometimes you have to abase. What I'm going to say is that Jesus met people who were rich, some of them, and took them out of their comfort zone. A man like Peter, having shown him that he can make people rich, then he said...
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I don't know where they get my point. There are people that leave husband and I don't want to marry again. I've seen it before. They just get up in the morning, just pack their bag. What can I do? Nothing. I'm tired of marrying you. If you can leave a husband that will join you together in church, i...
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both in this situation and for my life generally. That is my whole life. And I need to pursue the will of Him that sent me and finish His work. So get on your knees, say, Lord, I know you have a will for my life. I don't know it yet. I don't know it yet. Let me not lie. I'm not saying I know it. But...
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If an apostle of prosperity, go to the market. Prophesy to the market, let us. Why is that? In an inside church building, you'll be an apostle of prosperity. Lay hands on him. Ah, when Elisha wanted to show us he was an apostle of prosperity, he asked the woman, what do you have in your house? Let m...
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People say, Antichrist will use this technology. You know what God said? Any technology he meets on the ground, when his time comes, he will use. If it's Bible and people are used to communicate, Antichrist will use it. If I use a 7G, at that time, he will use 7G. So don't worry about anything. That...
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and suddenly the mission extends for two weeks. At the end of the fourth day, you are broke. You now have a choice of two. Either die of hunger or abandon the mission. I don't know whether you're getting my point. And in both circumstances, you will be in trouble with the Lord when you get back. Whe...
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without ever having to focus and confess and try and strive to get one, he would have found it. Are you getting my point? And that was what Jesus meant when he said, my food, my meat, my nourishment, my satisfaction is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work. You get what I'm tryin...
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next Saturday. For just as we have many members in one body and all the members will have the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members one of another. And since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let each exercise them accordingly. ...
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All right, let's open our Bibles in continuation of our discussion on the life of purpose. Well, we have been saying many things along that line, and I believe we have been grabbing a lot of understanding. One of the most important things that we have established is the fact that satisfaction is ins...
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is what God is doing in you. Number two, there's what he's doing through you in the body of Christ. And number three, there's what he's doing through you in the world. All right? Affecting the people of this world as a matter of ministry activity. And those are the things that you have to focus on i...
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Do you understand? They would not have forced Mokonko's father to go and start trying to compete with those who had the skill in farming. He would allow them to farm, alright? During the day, he's composing new songs. And when they come back in the evening, he would play music that would make their ...
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It happened a few weeks ago in America. Oh man, you all wake up. Just kill all his own children. And his wife, because she wanted to leave him, shot the woman, killed the children and said, yeah, now nobody is going anywhere. Nigerian man will say, may you live longer and see what I will become in f...
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Unfortunately, those without understanding use them as reference points on why faith doesn't work, not understanding that they did not follow it to the end. What am I saying? I'm explaining that no matter where you are from, your life was created on purpose, which I happen to understand has a lot to...
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We stick with what God is saying in the face of challenges, even though it looks like we are going to die, and death is not always physical. It might be like everybody that you know will depart from you. You stick with God's principles. It may be like everybody says, this is how you get a job and be...
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And so in understanding this thing, we'll be able to understand what God wants to do through us. Number one, in us, I must emphasize that again, though I will try not to spend all the time on it, because we did a long series on it. The image of Christ, we discussed that. That the first and foremost,...
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You get what I mean? So when somebody has money, he thinks that he's an important person and he feels cool with himself. And other people think they look at him and say he's not like us. He's up there, we are down here. He has, we don't. Alright? He can satisfy every desire of his soul. We, we can't...
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saying that the man that was born from this particular kind of background can become something. Doctors may say he will die when he was born, but we are saying the blood has spoken life into his system. So how do you triumph by the blood? You find out what the blood has spoken concerning your situat...
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And there's what the Bible calls the law of the spirit of life that overcomes the law of sin and death. That's what we're talking about. The greatest law is the law of obedience to the will of God. That's what brings the law of the spirit of life. So when his commandment is, believe on him who the L...
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Are you getting my point? That is why the superior law we are working towards. Paul said that I may know him and the power of his resurrection. Oh God, I explained that before, that there is what is called the power of Christ's resurrection, which he said every believer should strive to attain. And ...
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And if God says, be a thinker, all right, whether I'm amongst the Spartans or amongst the Africans, that's what will satisfy my soul. And listen, it's a sign of development of a society for them to be able to recognize that people are differently gifted. A friend of mine was analyzing, in fact, as I...
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He said the ones that did not have deepness or depth of earth were those that sprang up quickly, quickly, quickly. But as soon as trials came, what happened? They withered because they did not have any depth of earth. What am I trying to say? The people that made the loudest noise sometimes cannot s...
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They would take that joke and say, no, no, no, this is not the guy that helped you. No, actually blessings have what? A name. They have labels. They can't say, ah, sorry, oh. We sent, okay, that Hebrew boy, yes, oh. We sent him out. He went to the field. So since he's not around, take another person...
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Are you getting my point? So I'm explaining this principle that God has a call for each person's life. And that's what we've gathered to learn in this particular season. Why am I here? What did God call me to do? Are you following my point? We're talking about the life of purpose. And I've said a lo...
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A few years down the line, people are begging him to sell it back to them for maybe 16 billion naira and he says I know this stuff. What am I going to say? That person may not need all the laws of business and all the laws of networking. Once he knows God, are you getting my point? Once he knows God...
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The city was living in the US, Spokane. Spokane, Washington was declared the healthiest town in America because of the ministry of John G. Lake. They call him Dr. Lake, not because he's a medical doctor, a PhD holder, but because people were so healed. He said, since we are healing everybody, we are...
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And immediately, listen, I have seen tangible results. Especially, and it's the one, funny enough, all the stories I can tell of this so-called tangible results have been when I prayed for other people. Interestingly enough, this is the interesting part. No, this is the interesting part. If I want t...
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Alright? Technology is when you have learned those laws and you are applying them to improve your lifestyle. Are you getting my point? In the same manner, you can learn the laws of the spiritual realm. A man told me once, he told me about one man that he knows very well and admires. He said, that ma...
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You now tell Charles Uludu, I can handle it. It's all right. Pay 100 Naira into the bank. That is how much we are selling the bank to you. When Charles Uludu did consolidation at that time, you know that's what he did to a lot of banks. Banks that recapitalized, nobody wanted to put his money into a...
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So the effect of the call of God superimposed upon their background was never noticed. That is why, look, anytime I preach like this, I will remember the vow, I beg God, I beg, anything in my life that will not allow the full manifestation of your glory, I beg reveal it quickly, that we might confes...
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Don't be angry. You know, if you listen to me already, I've said, stop being angry with people. If you help me, it's because God said, help me. If you don't help me, it's because God removed the ability for you to help me out of your hands. You're not my God. If you help me, I'll show gratitude, I'l...
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I tried her number, it was not going. I said, she's not here. And I said, what is it? Don't worry. Then later on, this happens sometimes, I go, what do I want? Later on, I asked my wife. My mother was trying to, I said, yeah, she finally got me and we talked. What was it? I said, why did she talk to...
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And what did Pharaoh do? Pharaoh now got up and decided to afflict the children of Israel some more, and afflict people. He decided to start reducing the amount of rations that was coming out of his table to feed people. And that was the beginning of his troubles. God said, very fine, we are getting...
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So you know, I've been through such circumstances. Listen, you know, I told you that when a woman decides to marry four husbands, ha! I was not living with a fifth one that was not her husband. That's the Samaritan woman. It wasn't out of joy and gladness. Are you getting me? It was out of the press...
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You get my point? That's what Paul was saying. He said that I might know him. And what? The power of his resurrection. Oh, the Lord is good. I said the Lord is good. That's what I'm trying to say, my brethren. So out of the ashes of that which you don't love, which you don't enjoy, which people have...
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Alright, so let's go into what... Now, locating specifically that call of God for our lives. The will of God is good. Don't forget, what I was trying to say is that you were born on purpose. Your life is not an accident. God knew you will come from that situation, that bargain I came from, and He ha...
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